{"id":25991,"date":"2022-10-05T18:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=25991"},"modified":"2022-10-05T18:19:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T22:19:46","slug":"free-legal-help-available-for-florida-hurricane-ian-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/10\/05\/free-legal-help-available-for-florida-hurricane-ian-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Legal Help Available for Florida Hurricane Ian Victims<\/strong><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A free legal help hotline is now available for Hurricane Ian victims in the affected counties that include Polk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hotline is available to connect residents to free legal services in qualifying counties who cannot afford an attorney. Residents can call (866) 550-2929 or go to https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/committees\/disaster\/resources\/disaster_legal_hotlines\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hotline callers may get help with legal issues like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf FEMA and SBA financial benefits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Home repair contracts and property insurance claims<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Re-doing wills and other important legal documents destroyed in the disaster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Price gouging, scams or identity theft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Landlord or tenant problems, or threats of foreclosure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Disability-related access to federal, state, and local disaster programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents can call the hotline anytime and leave a message if calling after hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hotline partners cannot help in all cases. They cannot take cases where a settlement could include legal fees or an award. But they can refer those cases to other legal help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Una l\u00ednea directa de ayuda legal gratuita ahora est\u00e1 disponible para las v\u00edctimas del hurac\u00e1n Ian  en los condados afectados que incluyen Polk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La l\u00ednea directa est\u00e1 disponible para conectar a los residentes con  servicios legales gratuitos en condados calificados que no pueden pagar un abogado.  Los residentes pueden llamar al (866) 550-2929 o ir a https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/committees\/disaster\/resources\/disaster_legal_hotlines\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Las personas que llaman a la l\u00ednea directa pueden obtener ayuda con problemas legales como:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Beneficios financieros de FEMA y SBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Contratos de reparaci\u00f3n del hogar y reclamos de seguro de propiedad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Rehacer testamentos y otros documentos legales importantes destruidos en el desastre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Aumento de precios, estafas o robo de identidad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Problemas con el propietario o el inquilino, o amenazas de ejecuci\u00f3n hipotecaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Acceso relacionado con la discapacidad a programas federales, estatales y locales de desastres<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los residentes pueden llamar a la l\u00ednea directa en cualquier momento y dejar un mensaje si llaman despu\u00e9s del horario de atenci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los socios de la l\u00ednea directa no pueden ayudar en todos los casos. No pueden tomar casos en los que un acuerdo podr\u00eda incluir honorarios legales o un laudo. Pero pueden referir esos casos a otra ayuda legal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A free legal help hotline is now available for Hurricane Ian victims in the affected counties that include Polk. The hotline is available to connect residents to free legal services… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[3619],"class_list":["post-25991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-free-legal-help-available-for-florida-hurricane-ian-victims"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}